Kingston Implements Short Term Rental Regulations

Thanks to pressure from our members as part of our Homes Are Not Hotels campaign, the city of Kingston passed a zoning code that caps the number of vacation rentals (non-owner occupied short-term rentals, like Airbns) to 1% of the city’s housing units. The new regulations also require short-term rental owners to register their units, pay a fee, and have their units inspected before they will be issued a permit. Property owners operating unlicensed short-term rentals will be issued significant fines.

We’re excited by this progress and will continue to push Kingston, Newburgh, and Poughkeepsie to enact a total ban on vacation rentals owned by absentee investors.